HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-75-40ORDINANCE NO. 0 -75 -40
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF DEERFIELD
Published in pamphlet form this
11th day of August, 1975, by the
President and Board of Trustees of
Deerfield.
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ORDINANCE NO. 0 -75 -40
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF DEERFIELD
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD,
LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION That Chapter 7 of the Municipal Code of the Village of
ONE: Deerfield of 1965, as amended, be and the same is further
amended by adding a new Article XIII, as follows:
ARTICLE III
BURGLAR AND HOLDUP ALARM SYSTEMS
-77.01 SHORT TITLE
This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as an "Ordinance
Regulating Burglar and Holdup Alarm Businesses, Systems and
Users."
7 -77.02 PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS
(a) The purpose of this ordinance is to provide minimum standards and
regulations applicable to burglar and holdup alarm systems, alarm
businesses, alarm agents and alarm users as defined in this ordi-
nance.
(b) For the purpose of this ordinance, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein.
When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present
tense include the future, words used in the plural number include
the singular number, and words in the singular number include the
plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not
merely directory.
(1) The term "Alarm Agent" means any person employed by an alarm
business whose duties include the altering, installing, main-
taining, moving, repairing, replacing, selling, servicing,
responding to, or causing others to respond to an alarm device.
New construction personnel who are not in the employ of an
alarm business but who may be involved under contracts or sub-
contracts in the installation of wiring, brackets, or other items
which will u'lti.mately be utilized by a licensed alarm business
or agent in the installation of an alarm system are not required
to obtain licenses as alarm businesses or obtain identification
cards as alarm agents.
(2) The term "Alarm Business" means any business operated by a
person for a profit which engages in the activity of altering,
installing, leasing, maintaining, repa.iring, replacing, selling,
servicing, or responding to a burglar or holdup alarm system, or
which causes any of these activities to take place.
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(3) The term "Alarm System" means an assembly of equipment
and devices (or a single device such as a solid state
unit which plugs directly into a 110 volt AC line) arranged
to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention
and to which police are expected to respond. In this ordi-
nance, the term "alarm system':' shall include the terms
"Automatic Holdup Alarm Systems ", "Burglar Alarm Systems ",
"Holdup Alarm Systems ", and "Manual Holdup Alarm Systems ".
Fire alarm systems and alarm systems which monitor temper-
ature, humidity, or any other condition not directly related
to the detection of an unauthorized intrusion into a premises
or an attempted robbery at a premises are specifically ex-
cluded from the provisions of this ordinance.
(4) The term "Alarm User" means any person on whose premises
an alarm system is maintained within the Village except
for alarm systems on motor vehicles or proprietary systems.
If, however, an alarm system on a motor vehicle is con-
nected with an alarm system at a premises (other than a
proprietary system) the person using such system is an
alarm user. Also excluded from this definition and from
the coverage of this ordinance are persons who use alarm
systems to alert or signal persons within the premises in
which the alarm system is located, of an attempted
unauthorised intrusion or holdup attempt. If such a
system, however, employs an audible signal emitting
sounds or flashing light or beacon designed to signal
persons outside the premises, such system shall be within
the definition of alarm system and shall be subject to
this ordinance.
(5) The term "Annunciator" means the instrumentation on an
alarm console at the receiving terminal of a signal 'line
which through both visual and audible signals shows when
an alarm device at a particular location has been activated
or it may also _indicate line trouble.
(6) The term "Answering Service" refers to a telephone
service providing among its services, the service of
receiving on a continuous basis through trained employees,
emergency signals from alarm systems, and thereafter
immediately relaying the message by live voice to the
communication center of the police department.
(7) The term "Automatic Dialing Device" refers to an alarm
system which automatically sends over regular telephone
lines, by direct connection or otherwise, a prerecorded
voice message or coded signal indicating the existence of
the emergency situation that the alarm system is designed
to detect..
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(8) The term "Central Station" means an office to which remote
alarm and s.upervisory.sLgna7ing. devices are connected, where
operators supervi.se.the circuits, and where guards are
maintained continuously to investigate signals.
.(9) The term "Central Station Equipment'' refers to the signal
receiving, recording., or retransmitting equi.pment in-
stalled in the central station.
(10) The term "Central Station System" means a system in which
the operation of electrical protection circuits and de-
vices are signaled automatically to, recorded in, main-
tai.ned, and supervi.sed from a central station having trained
operators and guards in attendance at all times.
(11) The term "Direct Connect" means an alarm system which
has the capability of transmitting system signals to and
receiving them at an agency maintai.ned by the 'local govern-
ment; for example, a police communications center.
(12) The term "Direct Line" means a telephone line leading
directly from a central station to the communications
center of the police department that is for use only
to report emergency signals on a person -to-person
basi.s.
(13) The term "False Alarm'-' means the act i vat i_on of an
alarm system through mechanical failure, malfuncti.on,
improper installation, or the negligence of the
owner or lessee of an alarm system or of his employees
or agents. Such terminology does not Include, for
example, alarms caused by hurri..canes, tornadoes, earth -
quakes, or other violent conditions.
(14) The term "Holdup Alarm System" refers to an alarm
system signaling a robbery or attempted robbery.
(15) The term "Local Alarm System` refers to a signaling
system which when activated causes an audible andJor
visual si.gnali.ng devi.ce to be activated in or on the
premises within which the system is installed.
(16) The term "Manual Holdup Alarm System" refers to an
alarm system in which the signal transmission Is
initiated by the direct action of the person attacked
or by an observer of the attack.
(17) The term ''Person" means any person, firm, partnership,
association, corporation, company or organization of
any kind.
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(18) The term "Police Chief" means the Chief of the police
department of the Village of Deerfield, or his desig-
nated representative.
(19) The term "Police" or "Police Department" means the
publicly supported police department of the Village
of Deerfield or any authorized agent thereof.
(20) The term "Primary Trunkline" means a telephone line
leading directly into the communication center of the
police department that is for the purpose of handling
emergency calls on a person -to- person basis, and
which is identified as such by a specific number in-
cluded among the emergency numbers listed in the telephone
directory issued by the telephone company and covering
the service area within the police department's juris-
diction.
(21) The term "Proprietary System" means an alarm system
sounding and /or recording alarm and supervisory
signals at a control center located within the pro-
tected premises, the control center being under the
supervision of the proprietor of the protected pre-
mises. If a proprietary system includes a signal
line connected directly or by means of an automatic
dialing device to a police communication center, a
central station, modified central station or an an-
swering service, it thereby becomes an "alarm system"
as defined in this ordinance.
(22) The term "Special Trunkline" means a telephone line
leading into the communication center of the police
department and having the primary purpose of
handling emergency signals or messages originating
either directly or through a central location from
automatic dialing devices.
(23) The term "Subscriber" means a person who buys and. /or
leases, or otherwise obtains an alarm signaling system
and thereafter contracts with or hires an alarm busi-
ness to monitor and /or service the alarm device.
(24) The term "Telephone Company" means the utility
that furnishes telephone services to the Village.
(25) The term "Village" means the Village of Deerfield,
Illinois.
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7 -77.03 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE BY ALARM BUSINESS
(a) Any person engaging in an alarm business in the Village shall,
within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this
ordinance, apply on a form to be furnished by the Police Chief,.
to the Police Chief. Businesses which sell only those alarm
systems excluded from the definition of alarm systems in
Section 7 -77.02 (b)(3) of this ordinance are not required to
obtain a license under this Section. Such application shall be
signed by the individual proprietor of such a business, or by a
partner, or by the proper corporate official, as is appropriate
for the form of the business seeking the license, and shall include:
(1) The name, address and telephone number of the alarm
business, and the type of business organization it is
(individual, partnership, or corporation). If the
business is an individual proprietorship, the name,
address and telephone number of the owner; if a partner-
ship, the name, address and telephone number of each
partner (general, limited, silent, etc.); if a corpor-
ation, the names and addresses of the principal officers.
(2) Certification that within ninety (90) days after the
effective date of this ordinance or upon receipt of
notice of approval of a license application, which-
ever date occurs later, the alarm business shall
maintain a description of the alarm systems and
devices for sale or lease to the public, and a
description of any services related to alarm devices
offered to the public.
(3) Certification that within ninety (90) days after the
effective date of this ordinance or upon receipt of
notice of approval of a license application, which-
ever date occurs later, a complete list of the names
and addresses of all persons in the Village to whom
or for whom alarm systems have been sold and/or who
are currently under contract to the alarm business
for services on or after the effective date of this
ordinance shall be maintained for inspection by the
police chief during the course of his official business.
(4) A complete list of criminal convictions, if any,
except for minor traffic offenses, of the applicant,
or a list of criminal convictions, if any, except
for minor traffic offenses, of each partner, officer,
or local office manager, if the applicant is other
than an individual.
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(5) A statement that the applicant will inform the police
department within ten (10) days after any substantial
change in the information required by Section 77.03
of this ordinance.
(b) License application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of
ten dollars ($10) to cover the costs to the Village of processing
the application and investigating the applicant.
(c) Applicants already doing business in the Village on the effective
date of this ordinance may continue to do business while their
license applications are being processed. An applicant not
previously doing business in the Village on the effective date
of this ordinance shall not commence doing business until his
application is approved.
(d) If an alarm business has already obtained or thereafter obtains
an alarm business license from any other city, county, or local
governmental subdivision where it maintains an office within
this state or within the Chicago metropolitan area and such
city, county, or local governmental subdivision has enacted
this ordinance or any ordinance which has provisions substan-
tially similar to this ordinance, such alarm business shall
not be required to obtain an alarm business license under
this Section.
(1) Before an alarm business may qualify under paragraph
(d) of this Section, however, it shall comply with
the following requirements:
(A) File a copy of the alarm business license
application form and license verified by the
city clerk or appropriate public official of
the jurisdiction upon which the alarm business
relies upon to qualify under paragraph (d)
of this Section.
(B) File a sworn statement that it consents to
be subject to all other provisions of this
ordinance, that it will obey any lawful orders
or notices issued pursuant to and subject to
the provisions of this ordinance and further
consents to be subject to any court of competent
jurisdiction with the authority to enforce this
ordinance, and,
(C) File a sworn statement that it agrees to notify
the poli.ce department within seventy -two (72)
hours of any substantial change affecting the
status or validity of its alarm business license
in the jurisdiction which it relies upon to
qualify under paragraph (d) of this Section.
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7 -77.04 ACTION ON BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICATIONS
(a) The police chief shall, at the earliest opportunity, within
thirty (30) days after the receipt of an application for an
alarm business license either approve or deny the issuance
of a license. Upon making a decision, he shall:
(1) In the case of approval, notify the applicant, in writing,
of the approval, and inform him that upon the presentation
of the written approval to the Village Manager, or his
designated representative, and the payment of the required
fee, the applicant will be issued a license to operate.
(2) In the case of denial, notify the applicant, in writing,
of the denial and the grounds for such denial, which may
be non- conformance with any part of this ordinance. If
the basis for the denial can be corrected, the writing
shall so state and shall explain how these corrections
may be made and set a reasonable time limit for making
such corrections. The notice of denial shall inform
the applicant that he may appeal the denial and set
forth the procedure for appeal. The procedure for
appeal shall be as described in Section 7 -77.22 of
this ordinance.
7 -77.05 RENEWAL OF LICENSE
An alarm business continuing to do business within the Village of
Deerfield shall notify the Chief of Police annually on the anni-
versary date of its license of its intention to continue operation for
an additional one year period.
7 -77.06 ALARM AGENTS -- IDENTIFICATION CARDS
(a) Every alarm agent employed by an alarm business within this
Village shall be required to obtain an identification card
from the Police Chief. The owners, managers, corporate
officers and partners of all alarm businesses are also re-
quired to obtain identification cards from the Police Chief
if they directly engage in selling, installing, servicing,
maintaining, or responding to alarm systems within the
Village. Within thirty (30) days of the effective date of
this ordinance, alarm agents,and, if required by this para-
graph, owners, managers, corporate officers and partners,
shall submit applications to the Police Chief for identifi-
cation cards. The application for the identification card
shall be in a form prescribed by the Police Chief and shall
include the following:
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(1) The applicant's full name and any aliases or other
names previously used, residence and business
addresses and telephone numbers;
(2) The applicant's date and place of birth;
(3) A list of all felony and misdemeanor convictions
of the applicant;
(4) Two classifiabl&-.sets of fingerprints;
(5) The name and address of the alarm business where
the applicant is or will be employed;
(6) The applicant's employment record for the prior
three (3) years;
(7) A statement that the applicant will inform the
Police Chief of any change in the above informa-
tion or the termination of the applicant's employ-
ment by the alarm business within ten (10) days of
such change; and
(8) Any other information which the Police Chief may deem
necessary to determine whether the applicant for an
identification card meets the requirements of this
ordinance.
(b) The identification card required by this Section shall be carried
by a person required to obtain an identification card whenever
such person is engaged in the business of the licensee and shall
be exhibited at the demand of any lawful authority.
(c) Application foran identification card must be accompanied by
a ten dollar ($10) fee to cover costs of processsing the applica-
tion and investigating the applicant.
7-77.07 ACTION ON APPLICATION FOR IDENTIFICATION CARD
(a) The Police Chief shall within ten (10) days after the receipt of
an application for an alarm agent identification card either
approve or deny the issuance of the card. Upon making a decision,
he shall:
(1) In the case of approval, notify the applicant, in
writing, of the approval and inform him that upon
the presentation of the writing to the Police Chief,
the applicant will be issued an identification card.
(2) In the case of denial, notify the applicant, in writing,
of the denial and the grounds for such denial, which
ma.y be�,,non.- conformance--,w i th. any" part =of th-i s. ord i -
nance. .I-f ^the -*bas i:s for the denial can
be corrected, the writing shall so state and shall
explain how these corrections may be made and set a
reasonable time limit for making such corrections.
The notice of denial shall inform the applicant that
he may appeal the denial and set forth the procedure
for appeal. The procedure for appeal shall be as
described in Section 7 -77.22 of this ordinance.
(b) The grounds for denial may include,'but not be limited to
the following:
(1) Fraud or willful and knowing misrepresentation or
false statement made in an application for an identi-
fication card;
(2) Fraud or willful and knowing misrepresentation or
false statement made in applying for employement as
an alarm agent; and
(3) Conviction of a felony or of a misdemeanor which
reflects unfavorably upon the applicant's fitness
to ba an alarm agent.
7 -77.08 IDENTIFICATION CARDS -- FORM: RETURN OF CARDS
(a) An identification card issued by the Police Chief shall contain
the name, photograph and signature of the applicant, the signature
of the Police Chief, date of issue, and such other information as
the Police Chief may, in his discretion, require. All identification
cards shall be consecutively numbered and will be valid for two (2)
years from date of issue, and will be renewable for a like period
for a fee of two dollars ($2.00).
(b) All identification cards shall remain the property of the Village
of Deerfield. It shall be a violation of this ordinance for the
applicant to willfully fail to return an identification card to
the issuing agency or business upon termination of his employment
with an alarm business. It shall be a violation of this ordinance
for the alarm business to fail to return to the Police Chief an
identification card issued by the Police Chief upon termination
of the employment of the alarm agent.
7 -77.09 AUTOMATIC DIALING SERVICE - INTERCONNECTION TO PRIMARY TRUNKLINES
(a) No automatic dialing device shall be interconnected to a
primary trunkline after the effective date of this ordinance.
(b) Within ninety (90) days after the effective date of this
ordinance, all automatic dialing devices interconnected to a
primary trunkline shall be disconnected thereon. The owner
or lessee of such a device shall be responsible for having
the device disconnected within the ninety (90) day period.
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(c) AutomatI dialing devices designed to trIsmit signals directly to
the police department may be interconnected to a specific trunkline
into the department. The police chief shall designate the number
to be used for this purpose.
(d) The owner or lessee of an automatic dialing device which is inter-
connected to a special trunkline transmitting directly into the
police department shall pay the Village a fee of two dollars ($2.00)
a�month to cover the cost to the Village of providing the personnel
to provide and monitor the special trunklines.
7 -77.10 AUTOMATIC DIALING DEVICE -- STANDARDS
Automatic dialing devices installed on any premises within the Village
which are interconnected to a special trunkline transmitting signals into
the police department or to a telephone line directly serviced by
telephone company operators that will be responded to by members of the
police department shall meet the following minimum standards, as determined
by the police chief:
(a) The contents of the recorded message to be transmitted by such device
must be intelligible and in a format approved by the police chief
as appropriate for the type of emergency being reported.
(b) Upon a single stimulus of the alarm device, an automatic dialing
device may place two separate calls to the police department via the
special trunkline. No such call shall be longer than one minute and
fifteen seconds in duration. There must be at least three minutes
between the completion of the first call and the initiation of the
second, and the second call must be clearly identified as a second call.
(c) Messages transmitted during such calls, stating the location and
nature of the alarm condition shall not exceed fifteen (15) seconds
in length.
(d) The time gap between delivery of messages must be less than five (5)
seconds.
(e) All such devices shall be capable of transmitting an emergency message
to two or more separate locations, so that upon activation any
message may be sent not only on a special trunkline or a telephone
line serviced directly by the telephone company operators but also
to a location where an authorized person is available to respond
to.the emergency message, and to open the premises on which the
device is installed.
(f) The sensory apparatus and hardware comprising such devices shall be
maintained by the owner or lessee in such physical condition that
false alarms will be minimized.
(g) This Section shall apply only to those automatic dialing devices
interconnected to the communication center of the police department,
any other municipal office or to telephone company operators.
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7 -77.11 DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS TO POLICE DEPARTMENT
(a) Upon the favorable recommendation of the police chief and the approval
of the Village Manager, alarms from business premises, financial
institutions, and residences may be terminated in the police department.
(b) The police chief shall have the authority to request bids from licensed
alarm companies (in accordance with the normal practice in the
community) to furnish (when possible at no cost to the Village) a
standard annunGi_at.arpanel which is compatible to the receipt of alarm
signals from subscribers whose lines terminate at the police department
on the effective date of this ordinance for the purpose of annunciating
all alarms in the communication center of the police department. The
bids shall also state the annual service fee each alarm subscriber
shall be required to pay the private alarm company for services
rendered with respect to such annunciator panels by subscribers, and
fee and charges related to the installation and maintenance of such
panels. Any subscriber or alarm user who obtains authority from the
police chief and Village Manager to terminate its alarm system in the
police department may contract with any licensed alarm business of
its choice for the sale, installation, maintenance, and /or servicing
of the alarm system to be installed on its premises.
(c) The alarm subscriber approved for a direct connection to the police
department or the alarm businesses contracting for servicing the
subscriber's alarm system, shall be responsible for obtaining the
leased telephone line between subscriberis-gpremises and the alarm
receiving equipment, if required, in order to provide an input signal
which is compatible with the receiving equipment used to operate the
standard annunciator panel.
(d) No alarm subscriber shall utilize a single pair of wires to transmit
a burglar or holdup alarm signal and a fire or other emergency signal.
All signals transmitted over such wires shall cause only one signal
to be transmitted to the police department upon a single stimulus
of the alarm device, and no pulsating or intermittent signal shall
be allowed.
(e) The provisions of this ordiniance contained in 7 -77.15 and 7 -77.19
concerning alarm user permits and false alarms shall apply to all
subscribers or persons having direct connect systems except municipal,
county, and state agencies exempted by the Village Board.
7 -77.12 INSPECTION OF ALARM DEVICES AND BUSINESSES
(a) For the puspose of enforcing the provisions of this ordinance, the
police chief shall have the authority, at a mutually agreeable time,
to enter any .premises in the Village in or upon which alarm systems
or alarm businesses subject to this ordinance are located, to inspect
the installation and /or operation of such alarm systems or alarm
businesses on official police business.
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(b) If such inspection reveals any violations of the provisions of this
ordinance, a written report detailing such violations shall be
promptly sent to the Village Manager and to the owner, lessee or other
person responsible for the alarm system or business in violation of
this ordinance. Such report shall require the correction within
thirty (30) days after receipt of the notice of the violation
discovered, and shall state that a failure to comply may result in
the revocation of the alarm user's permit, in accordance with the
provisions of this ordinance relating to revocation of licenses
and permits. The alarm user or alarm business shall be granted a
reasonable extension of time to correct such violations upon good
cause shown.
7 -77.13 TESTING OF EQUIPMENT
No alarm system designed to transmit emergency messages directly to the
police department shall be tested or demonstrated without first obtaining
permission from the police chief. Permission is not required to test or
demonstrate alarm devices not transmitting emergency messages directly to
the police department unless the messages are to be relayed to the police
department.
7 -77.14 NOTICE OF DISRUPTION IN SERVICE
When an alarm business's service to its subscribers is disrupted for any
reason by the alarm business, or the alarm business becomes aware of
such disruption, it shall promptly notify its subscriber by telephone
that protection is no longer being provided. If, however, the alarm
business has written instructions from its subscriber not to make such
notifications by telephone during certain hours, the alarm business may
comply with such instructions.
7-77.15 ALARM USER PERMITS
(a) Permit -- Within ninety (90) days after the effective date of this
ordinance, every alarm user shall obtain an alarm user permit for
each alarm system he operates within this Village from the police
chief. This-paragraph does not require that licensed alarm
businesses obtain a permit under this Section when it leases or
provides services to alarm system users. If a licensed alarm
business does, however, use an alarm system to protect its own
premises, it shall obtain a permit for such system as required in
this Section.
(b) Alarm User Permit Application - -The alarm user applying for the permit
required in paragraph (a) of this Section, shall state on a permit
application form to be prepared by the police department and approved
by the Village Manager; his name, the address of the residence or
business, or businesses in or upon which the alarm system has been
or will be installed, his telephone number, the type of alarm system
(local, direct connect, central station, etc.) the alarm business
or businesses selling, installing, monitoring, inspecting, responding
to and /or maintaining the alarm system, and the name and telephone
number of at least one person (in the case of a corporate alarm
user applicants, at least two persons) who can be reached at any
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time, day or night, and who is authorized to respond to an alarm
signal and who can open the premises in which the system is installed.
(c) Alarm User Permit Fee
(1) There shall be a ten dollar ($10) permit fee for the first year.
(2) There shall be an annual renewal fee of five dollars ($5).
(d) Alarm User Identification Card - -Each employee of a financial institution
or business and each household member over the age of ten (10) years
at a premise where an alarm user permit has been issued and who has
access to or control over the alarm system, shall obtain an identifi-
cation card from the chief of police. Such identification card shall
contain information and a photograph such as prescribed by the police
chief and will be displayed on demand to police department personnel
when on official business at the premise for which an alarm user
permit has been issued.
(e) The information contained in an alarm user permit application required
by this Section and other information received by the police chief
through correspondence or communications with an alarm user shall be
securely maintained and restricted to inspection only by the police
chief or certain officers or Village employees specifically assigned
the responsibility for handling and processing alarm user permits in
the course of official duties. The police chief or any employee of
the Village shall not reveal the information contained in an alarm
user permit application or in correspondence or communications with
an alarm user to any other person for any purpose not related to
this ordinance or official law enforcement matters and without the
express written consent of the alarm user supplying such information.
(f) Any alarm system user who operates an alarm system without first
obtaining a permit as required by this Section, or who, after having
a permit revoked, or suspended, and after exhausting his rights to
hearing and appeal fails to disconnect his alarm system, shall be
in violation of this ordinance.
7 =77.16 REPAIR SERVICE
Each alarm user in the Village shall obtain a service contract from a
licensed alarm business or have such licensed alarm business available to
him on a 24 hour basis to make inspections and /or repairs which become
necessary for the proper function of the alarm and to minimize false
alarms.
7 -77.17 ALTERNATE POWER SOURCE
Each alarm user in the Village shall provide an alternate source of power
for his alarm system to prevent false alarms due to failure of power
supplied from the utility company. Such alternate source of power shall
provide power for a minimum of 40 hours.
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7 -77.18 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
(a) Every alarm business selling or leasing to any person an alarm system
which is installed on such person's premises in the Village after the
effective date of this ordinance shall furnish that person with
instructions that provide adequate information to enable persons using
such device to operate it properly and, if the device is to be serviced
or maintained by another alarm business, shall furnish such other
alarm business with a manual or other information necessary to enable
it to service or properly maintain such device.
(b) If the police chief reasonably,,finds such information to be incomplete
or unclear, or inadequate to explain how the device operates and is
constructed, he may require the alarm business to revise the information
to meet his approval, and then to distribute the revised information
to persons who have had such devices installed as well as to persons
subsequently having such devices installed.
7 -77.19 FALSE ALARMS
(a) More than five (5) false alarms in the first calendar year or four (4)
false alarms in the second calendar year thereafter, or three (3)
false alarms in the third calendar year thereafter from any alarm
system for which an alarm user permit has been obtained may constitute
grounds for revocation of such permit unless the alarm user pays the
Village of Deerfield, after such occurence, the sum of ten dollars ($10)
during the first calendar year, fifteen dollars ($15) during the second
year, and twenty -five dollars ($25) in the third and subsequent years
after the effective date of this ordinance. In tabulating the prior
number of false alarms, a thirty (30) day grace period for new alarm
systems or for major modifications and /or additions to existing alarm
systems and a three (3) day grace period fora malfunctioning alarm
system shall be granted upon request of the alarm user to the chief
of police. During such grace periods, alarm signals and pre- recorded
messages received from such alarm users shall be responded to in a
non - emergency manner by the police department.
(b) The police chief may determine an alarm system to be a public nuisance
or adverse to the safety of the public. Upon such determination, the
police chief shall notify the alarm user in writing by first class
mail of such fact and require that the permit holder submit a report
to the police chief within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such
notice, describing efforts to discover and eliminate the cause or
causes of the false alarms. If, however, the alarm user, by reason
of absence from the Village or on any other reasonable basis requests
an extension of time to file the report, the police chief shall extend
the fifteen (15) day period for a reasonable period. If the permit
holder fails to submit such a report within fifteen (15) days or
within any such extended period, the police chief may revoke the user's
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permit and under such circumstances the user shall not be entitled
to a hearing or appeal under this Section.
(c) If the alarm user submits a report as required by paragraph .(b) of
this Section but the police chief determines that the report is
unsatisfactory or that the alarm user has failed to show by the
report that he has taken or will take reasonable steps to eliminate
or reduce false alarms, then the police chief may issue written
notice by first class mail of his intent to revoke or suspend the
alarm user's permit.
7 -77.20 DENIAL OF APPLICATION
Any application described in this ordinance may be denied for cause and
that cause shall be available to the person making the application.
7 -77.21 REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF PERMITS
Any permit issued to an alarm business, alarm agent, or alarm user may be
suspended or revoked by decision of the police chief. Reasons for suspension
or revocation of a permit may be, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Violation of this ordinance or any of its provisions, or
(b) Substantial complaints, in the case of an alarm business or agent,
of fraudulent business practices, or
(c) Fraudulent information provided on the application for permit.
The police chief shall make notification by first class mail of any suspension
or revocation of a permit.
7 -77.22 NOTICE
(a) Any alarm business, alarm agent, or alarm user may appeal the decision
of'-the police chief in regards to denial of application or suspension
or revocation of permit within ten (10) days of notice of such
denial, suspension, or revocation, by filing a notice of appeal in
writing to the Village Manager, and stating the basis for the appeal.
(b) Within ten (10) days after the receipt of the notice of appeal; the
Village Manager or his designated representative shall arrange for
a conference with the applicant and the police chief to attempt to
reach an agreement concerning the appeal.
(c) If the conference fails to settle the matter in a way acceptable to
the applicant, arrangements shall be made to have the appeal heard
before the Village Board. The Village Manager shall cause the
applicant to be given written notice of the hearing by certified
mail at least seven (7) days in advance of the date of the hearing.
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Notices of such hearing shall also be posted as part of the Village
Boards agenda for that meeting. The applicant may appear before the
Village Board and the applicant or his designated representative may
make an oral presentation of his appeal, or he may make the appeal
through a written statement, or he.may do both. The Village Board
shall rule on the appeal within seven (7) days after it is heard, and
such ruling shall be final.
7-77.23 SERVICE BY MAIL
When a person or the Village, police chief, Village Manager, or Village
Board has the right or is required to act or take some proceeding within
a prescribed period pursuant to this ordinance, and service is made by
mail, two days shall be added to the prescribed period. Whenever a
person or the Village, police chief, Village Manager, or Village Board
is required to make delivery by first class mail, delivery, in lieu
thereof, may be made by hand by any person eighteen (18) years of age or
older.
7-77.24 PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION
The failure of any person to:
(a) obtain an alarm business license as required by this ordinance;
(b) obtain an alarm agent identification card as required by this
ordinance;
(c) obtain an alarm system user permit as required by this ordinance;
(d) obey any order of the police chief or Village Board of suspension
or revocation of an alarm business license, alarm agent identification
card, or alarm user permit after such person has exhausted his rights
to hearing or appeals;
constitutes an offense punishable by fine of from five dollars ($5) to
five hundred dollars ($500). Each day that such violation continues
after the expiration of the period allowed for compliance under.t1he
provisions of this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense.
7 -77.25 LIABILITY OF VILLAGE LIMITED
The Village shall take every reasonable precaution to assure that alarm
signals and pre- recorded alarm messages received by the Village are
given appropriate attention and are acted upon with dispatch. Nevertheless,
the Village shall not be liable for any defects in operation of automatic
protection devices and signal line systems, for any failure or neglect
to respond appropriately upon receipt of an alarm from such source, nor
for the failure or neglect of any person with a license issued pursuant
to this Chapter or with a franchise, in connection with the installation
and operation:of equipment, the transmission of alarm signals and pre-
recorded alarm message, or the relaying of such signals and messages. In
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the event that the Village finds it necessary to disconnect a
defective automatic protection device or signaling device, the
Village shall incur no liability by such action.
SECTION That al1cLrd_Pnances or parts of ordinances in conflict
TWO: herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby
repealed.
SECTION That the Village Clerk is hereby directed to publish
THREE: this ordinance in pamphlet form.
SECTION That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
FOUR: from and after September 1, 1975.
AYES: Blumenthal, Gavin, Marty, Seidman, Stiehr (5)
NAYES : None (0)
ABSENT: None (0)
PASSED this 4th day of August A.D., 1975.
APPROVED this 11th day of August A.D. , 1975.
ATTEST:
VILLAGE CLERK
VILLAGE PRESID NT
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